In this Future of Data Platforms Summit interview, theCUBE’s Rob Strechay sits down with Dell Technologies leaders Geeta Vaghela and Vrashank Jain to discuss the rapid evolution of enterprise data platforms in the age of AI. The conversation highlights how Dell, in collaboration with NVIDIA and other partners, is building composable, open and secure architectures that unify structured and unstructured data while enabling next-generation AI and analytics. Jain outlines three major industry shifts reshaping the data landscape: the explosion of unstructured and multimodal data, the rise of retrieval-ready design for LLMs and AI and the need for governance built in at enterprise scale. Vaghela expands on how Dell’s AI Data Platform (AIDP) brings together best-in-breed storage and data engines to support use cases such as RAG, multimodal AI and agentic applications – whether for established enterprises or emerging “neocloud” providers. The discussion also delves into Dell’s strategy of leveraging open standards like Apache Iceberg to combat vendor lock-in, federated architectures to flatten silos without mass data movement and trusted data products as the new interface for AI agents and business users. Looking ahead, Vaghela and Jain describe how composability and interoperability will allow organizations to serve use cases faster, with Dell positioning its platform as the control plane for enterprise intelligence – where human decision-makers and AI agents can work side by side on trusted, governed data.